Milk-stool and pail-holder.



PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

B. E. KINNEY. MILK STOOL AND PAIL HOLDER APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11,1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. KINNEY. OF TIFFIN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MINNIE E. JOHNSON, OFTIFFIN, OHIO.

MILK-STOOL AND PAIL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed Jinie 11, 1906. Serial No. 321,222.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. KINNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tiffin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Milk-V Stool and Pail-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to combined milkpail holders and stools, and hasfor its object to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive deviceof this character which serves the dual purpose of a milking-stool and aholder or receptacle for the milk-pail.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stool the seat ofwhich is pivoted and forms a closure for the top of the milk-pail, so asto prevent an unruly cow from upsetting th i 1pail and spilling orotherwise wasting the m1 A further object is to provide an auxiliary canor milkreceiver having a depending tube or extension which pierces theseat of the stool and communicates with the milk-pail, said receiver andtube being moved to inoperative position when the seat of the stool iselevated, thereby to permit the removal of the milk-pail.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve thisclass of devices, so as to increase their utility, durability, andefficiency, as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it beingunder stood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined milking-stool andpail-holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview of one of the uprights or standards comprising thesupporting-frame.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The improved device consists of a supporting-frame comprising aplurality of spaced uprights or standards 5, provided with trans verserecesses 6 for the reception of spaced connecting; rings or hoops 7 and8. The standards'5 are extended above the upper supporting; ring or hoop8 and are each provided with a mortise 9, adapted to receive the tenon'10, formed on the adjacent end of the segmental braces or supports 11and 12. Extending transversely across the lower ring or hoop 7 areintersecting braces 13, adapted to form a support for the pail or othermilkcontaining receptacle, (indicated at 14 by dotted lines in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings.) Pivotally mounted, as by a hinge 15, on the segmentalbrace 12 is a board 16, which forms the seat of the stool and alsoserves as a closure for the milk-pail when the seat is in a lowered oroperative position, said seat being locked in operative position bymeans of a hook 17, pivoted to a transverse bar 18 on the bottom of theseat and engaging an eye or loop 19, secured in any suitable manner tothe upper ring or hoop 8.

The seat 16 is provided with an inclined opening or aperture 20, inwhich is seated a flexible tube or hose 21, which forms a source ofcommunication between an auxiliary milk receiver or pail 22 and the pail14. The milk-receiver 22 is supported on the seat 16 and is providedwith a depending extension or tube 23, which engages the interior wallsof the flexible tube 21 and serves to hold the receiver in position onthe stool. The receiver 22 is preferably formed with an upwardlycurvedguard 24 and also with a detachable strainer 25, seated within the tube23, whereby the milk may be strained before entering the pail 14. Theseat 16 is formed with a pair of spaced finger-openings 26, by means ofwhich the stool may be conveniently grasped when it is desired totransport the latter from place to place.

In 0 eration the seat or closure 16 is moved aterally to elevatedposition and the pail 14 introduced between the standards and supportedon the transverse bars 13, after which the cover is moved to closedposition and fastened by means of the hook 17. In order to remove thepail, it is merely necessary to release the hook 17 and elevate the seat16, when the pail may be readily detached. It will thus be seen that themember 16 not only forms a seat for the stool, but also serves as aclosure for the pail 14, thus mllk.

Attention is called to the fact that the receiver 22 and flexible tube21 are secured to and carried by the stool-seat, so that when the latteris elevated the pail 14 may be readily removed from the holder and thereceiver and tube locked against accidental displacement during theopening and closing movement of the stool-seat. It will also be observedthat by reason of the finger-pieces 26 the stool, together with thepail, may be conveniently transported from place to place.

By having the sides of the supportingframe open the milk may be readilytransferred from the pail into a suitable receptacle by simply tiltingthe frame and without the necessity of first elevating the cover, thehood 24 serving to prevent any particles of foreign matter in thestrainer or auxiliary receptacle from dropping in the milk-receptacleduring the pourlng operation.

The seat 16 not only forms a closure for the milk-pail, but effectuallyprevents the cow from putting her foot into the pail or from switchingher tail into the milk, thus keeping the milk pure and free from dirt.

The strainer and conducting-tube may be quickly detached, so as topermit the same to be readily cleaned when necessary, thereby renderingthe device extremely sanitary.

The improved device may be made in different-sizes and shapes and formedof wood, metal, or other suitable material.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device ofthe class described comprising a plurality of spaced uprights havingtransverse recesses formed therein, upper and lower hoops seated in saidrecesses and forming a receptacle for the reception of a pail, saiduprights being extended above the upper hoop and connected by segmentalbraces, intersecting bars extending transversely of the lower hoop andforming a'support for the pail, a cover pivotally mounted for swingingmovement on the frame and adapted to rest on the segmental braces, areceptacle engaging the cover, a tube eX- tending through the cover andforming a source of communication between the rece tacle and pail, andmeans for locking t e cover in closed position.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame consisting ofspaced uprights the upper ends of which are provided with mortises,hoops connecting the uprights and forming a chamber for the reception ofa milk-pail, means carried by one of the hoops for supporting themilk-pail, segmental braces spaced from the adjacent hoop and providedwith terminal tenons adapted to engage the mortises in the uprights, acover pivoted to one of the segmental braces and adapted to engage theadjacent brace when the cover is moved to closed position, an auxiliaryreceptacle seated on the cover, a tube piercing the cover and forming asource of communication between the auxiliary receptacle and milk-pail,a stop secured to the free end of the cover and adapted to engage theadjacent segmental brace, an eye secured to one of the hoops, and a hookcarried by the stop and adapted to engage the eye for locking the coverin closed position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD E. KINNEY.

l/Vitnesses:

CALVIN D. SPITLER, GERTRUDE E. OPT.

